Vintage Large Baule/Ashanti Lost-Wax Brass & Weathered Smoky Powder Glass Necklace Set
A powerful ethnographic jewelry set featuring museum-grade components from West Africa. This set pairs the architectural precision of hand-cast brass with the raw, wabi-sabi beauty of weathered powder glass.
The Components:
- Baule Brass (15 pieces): Hand-cast in the Ivory Coast using the ancient lost-wax (cire perdue) method. Includes 7 "Sifter" lattice-work beads and 8 "Sun" spiral beads (approximate average size is 23mm diameter and 10mm thickness).
- Smoky Powder Glass (8 pieces): Substantial, "bar-shaped" focal beads (approximately on average 22mm X 18mm X 14mm). These exhibit a rare weathered/frosted patina in a deep smoky-moss hue—a texture highly prized by collectors as a mark of traditional firing and age.
- Accent Beads: Interspersed with total 8 translucent green glass rounds (~13mm in average) and 2 smoky barrel spacers.
Technical Details:
-Necklace: 18" length, strung on leather cord and secured with a durable stainless steel shepherd's hook clasp and spring coil findings.
- Small strand includes 7.5” of matching style beads (bracelet length) but is not finished as ready to wear bracelet.
Condition: Pre-Owned Very Good
Color: Brass/Smoky/green
Theme and style tags: african beads, african trade beads, baule brass beads, boho, boho statement, ethnographic jewelry, handmade jewelry, krobo beads, lattice pattern, lost wax cast, powder glass beads, smoky glass, west african jewelry